Patti LuPone called a privileged, racially microaggressive bully by Hell's Kitchen cast member — Page 2

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Audra commented on the video with two hearts and clapping emojis…

Jonathan Cohen said: "On therelative scale of LuPone of complaining about the world, refusing to sign a Playbill for a show she's not in doesn't seem that unreasonable."

I can’t help but wonder what Kecia was more annoyed about- the request to lower the volume on two sound cues, or the remark Patti made re: signing that Playbill.

For me, it’s the timing that’s odd.

The Roommate opened September 12th. Wouldn’t Patti or someone in the Roommate production have addressed this during previews? I watched the Roommate during previews on a Saturday evening and and not once did I hear any noise from Hells Kitchen. If anything, I would hear the occasional car beep noises or tricycle music from 45th street. There was also someone using assistive listening device who didn’t turn off or remove their hearing aids and all of us could hear the feedback for at least 20 mins (thereafter it just blended in the background like crickets.)

If you read through the Roommate previews thread, no one commented that they could hear music from Hells Kitchen when they watched The Roommate.

I watched Hills of California (Broadhurst theater also adjacent to Shubert theatre) and that’s a quiet play…. But I didnt hear music from Hells Kitchen.

Updated On: 11/3/24 at 01:43 PM

All Patti had to do would be go next door and talk to the production team etc, NOT the landlord. She got the landlord on the phone because of who she is. Could any old cast member call a theatre owner and be like 'hey, the show next door is too loud' and the owner jumps in to action. No of course not.

The problem isn't that Patti that refused to sign a playbill from a show she wasn't in, it was what she said 'I'm not signing that that shows too loud'. PATTI made that public first by saying it in public, not Kecia.

Wick3 said: "For me, it’s the timing that’s odd.

The Roommate opened September 12th. Wouldn’t Patti or someone in the Roommate production have addressed this during previews?I watched the Roommate during previews on a Saturday evening and and not once did I hear any noise from Hells Kitchen. If anything, I would hear the occasional car beep noises or tricycle music from 45th street. There was also someone using assistive listening device who didn’t turn off or remove their hearing aids and all of us could hear the feedback for at least 20 mins (thereafter it just blended in the background like crickets.)

If you read through the Roommate previews thread, no one commented that they could hear music from Hells Kitchen when they watched The Roommate.

I watched Hills of California (Broadhursttheater also adjacent to Shubert theatre) and that’s a quiet play…. But I didnt hear music from Hells Kitchen."

Regarding timing, someone said that HK has gotten louder recently/ changed sound cues. Don't know if that's true but it would explain why this is happening now.

songanddanceman2 said: "All Patti had to do would be go next door and talk to the production team etc, NOT the landlord. She got the landlord on the phone because of who she is. Could any old cast member call a theatre owner and be like 'hey, the show next door is too loud' and the owner jumps in to action. No of course not."



I think this would have been worse had she just walked next door. And do we know that she actually made the call? Is it possible that management did on her behalf and that was relayed to the HK production team and cast? This would, for me, explain how Ms. Lewis knows that the complaint came from Patti. Might have been smart of them to have just addressed the issue letting the production know that there were some sound volume/bleeding issues, correct them and move on. (I worked on 2 shows where this was a problem and they were corrected with no problems.)

As far as the flowers go...was the pic shared with the cast or taken by a cast member? Is it possible that the head of the Sound team and management are not African American and she took offence that the cast, who is predominantly African American, was not included on the thank you card? This could possibly just have been an oversight on Patti's part. Sound needed to fix the problem, she thanked them, but it seemed to impact the cast. The complaint wasn't directed towards to the cast, it was directed at the sound team who evidently fixed the problem. To pull race into this is ridiculous. And if she feels this is a racial thing, she should have taken her own advice and addressed Patti...directly and not dragged her on social media. Just my random thoughts.

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This made me laugh more than it should have.

Updated On: 11/3/24 at 03:37 PM

I love how many people are acting like Kecia is so out of line for coming for Patti on social media, like Patti is some demure wallflower who “handled things the right way.”

Patti LuPone is a bull in a china shop who takes any opportunity she is in a public forum to bash someone, shame someone or just be plain nasty. She is a bully still trashing Madonna and ALW after 30 years. Get over it lady. Maybe people in the community are sick of her antics.

Patti may not be on social media but she is toxic in just about any appearance she makes. Shes not some drag queen throwing shade. She’s not that talented. She just comes across as miserable and petty.


I continue to appreciate Patti’s talent but I never watch any of her appearances because of her nasty demeanor.


And policing how a black woman “should” express herself is microaggressive.

Updated On: 11/3/24 at 05:37 PM

She is supremely talented as an actress and vocalist. I wasn’t referring to her creative work. I was saying she’s not a professional insult comic or drag queen adept at throwing shade. She just sounds miserable and petty. And it’s tiring to listen to her complain about everyone and everything. I